I recently read Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (2006, 96pp). It has been a best seller in the USA because it has been caught up in the 'intelligent design' debate and in the whole religious right assault. I found it an articulate and logical attack on the absurdity and culpability of religion. It focuses on Christianity but also puts the case against all the rest! Harris speaks for many when he says: 'It is time we recognised the boundless narcissism and self-deceipt of the saved.' This little book is a timely reminder of what horrors religion has visited on humankind and the totally unscientific delusion that drives believers. The predictable pontificating of prominent prelates this Easter in the face of man made and natural catastrophes around the world just makes their flimsy case even flimsier.
Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, says of Harris's book: 'I dare you to read this book..... it will not leave you unchanged. Read it if it is the last thing you do'.
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